A mighty king who ruled over a large country wanted to make a great name for himself.
One day the King sent forth a decree throughout his land that in 30 days all the people of the land were to gather in front of the palace.
The people numbered over five million. At a given signal everyone was to shout at the top of their voice "Long live the great king!"
What a shout that would be! With 5 million voices the cry would be heard throughout the land.
One man really looked forward to it. He thought the shout would be something he would tell his children and grand children about.
He decided he would just listen! That way he could concentrate on hearing just how loud it was, and then be able to describe it much better!
The special day came and the king made the signal and the man listened for this great shout.
But nothing happened!.
It seems that everyone decided they would just listen too, the silence was so great you could hear a pin drop!
If everyone just listens no one will say anything. We now have the opportunity to send a great world wide shout of praise to our Creator.
So don't just listen for that ongoing shout- Be part of it!
Each one of us makes just a small contribution and yet we are NOT insignificant.
Each one of us along with our 6 million brothers make a mighty witness.
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